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Hispanic and Latino Issues

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Arizona's Voter ID Law Upheld by Ninth Circuit Court; Federal Voter-Registration Forms Must be Accepted, Though

    The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Arizona's voter-approved 2004 law requiring voters to show proof of citizenship before receiving a ballot.The Appeals Court mostly shot down the challenges to the law, which had itself been upheld in Arizona U.S.  District Court.Arizona can dem ... More >>

  • News

    March 22, 2012

    Ask a Mexican on Being Mexican-American and Accordions

    The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Arizona's voter-approved 2004 law requiring voters to show proof of citizenship before receiving a ballot.The Appeals Court mostly shot down the challenges to the law, which had itself been upheld in Arizona U.S.  District Court.Arizona can dem ... More >>

  • Film

    March 15, 2012

    Will Ferrell-in-Spanish Flick, Casa de Mi Padre, a "Preposterous" Concept

    The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Arizona's voter-approved 2004 law requiring voters to show proof of citizenship before receiving a ballot.The Appeals Court mostly shot down the challenges to the law, which had itself been upheld in Arizona U.S.  District Court.Arizona can dem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Mayor of Connecticut Suburb Would Fit Right In Among Arizona Politicians

    Apparently, Arizona hasn't cornered the market on blatant insensitivity to the Latino community. In case you missed it, Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. of East Haven, Connecticut shared some thoughts with a reporter who questioned him about how he was going to reach out to the Latino community. He makes t ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    How Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change Phoenix's City Council Race

    Apparently, Arizona hasn't cornered the market on blatant insensitivity to the Latino community. In case you missed it, Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. of East Haven, Connecticut shared some thoughts with a reporter who questioned him about how he was going to reach out to the Latino community. He makes t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    John Huppenthal's Edict: 10 Percent of TUSD Cut Till MAS Is Killed

    Today, state Schools Superintendent John Huppenthal ordered that 10 percent of the budget for the Tucson Unified School District be withheld until TUSD eradicates its Mexican American Studies program.The cut is punitive and retroactive to August 15, 2011.No great drama there. Huppenthal announced th ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2011

    Ask a Mexican on SB 1070 and Cultural Identifications

    Today, state Schools Superintendent John Huppenthal ordered that 10 percent of the budget for the Tucson Unified School District be withheld until TUSD eradicates its Mexican American Studies program.The cut is punitive and retroactive to August 15, 2011.No great drama there. Huppenthal announced th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Mexican-American Birth Rate Drives U.S. Latino Population Higher

    ​The Latino population has risen significantly in the United States in the past decade, but not  just because of immigration. Actually, a higher birth rate among Hispanic women is now the dominant factor in the rise, according to a new study.The driving force for this surge: Mexican-Amer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    MLB All-Star Game Boycott Bad Idea Says State Representative Ruben Gallego

    Arizona state Representative Ruben Gallego opposes a boycott of the upcoming All-Star Game in Phoenix.Ever since Governor Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law, pro-immigrant activists and politicians have had different perspectives on how to best show disapproval of the controversial imm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Russell Pearce Bashes Immigrants While Hispanics Are Saving Arizona's Economy

    Senate President Russell Pearce claims illegal immigration costs taxpayers beaucoup cash; in reality Hispanics, legal and illegal, are aiding the state's economy.A boom in Arizona's Latino population has resulted in a powerful purchasing bloc that could help save the state's struggling economy.This, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2011

    Art of the City

    Senate President Russell Pearce claims illegal immigration costs taxpayers beaucoup cash; in reality Hispanics, legal and illegal, are aiding the state's economy.A boom in Arizona's Latino population has resulted in a powerful purchasing bloc that could help save the state's struggling economy.This, ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2011

    Ethnic Studies Equals Politically Conscious Latino Students -- Which is Exactly Why Its Enemies Want to Kill It

    Senate President Russell Pearce claims illegal immigration costs taxpayers beaucoup cash; in reality Hispanics, legal and illegal, are aiding the state's economy.A boom in Arizona's Latino population has resulted in a powerful purchasing bloc that could help save the state's struggling economy.This, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Russell Pearce in a Pantsuit? Susana Martinez, Much More Than That

    New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez: Not as easily dismissed as the Dems would likeYou may have read of New Mexico's newly-elected Republican Governor Susana Martinez's executive order rescinding what she's referred to as that state's "sanctuary status," and ordering state police to inquire into the ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    Welcome to Mi Pueblito: The Small-Town, Family-Farm Lifestyle That We Cherish Is Being Preserved Thanks to Mexican Immigrants

    New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez: Not as easily dismissed as the Dems would likeYou may have read of New Mexico's newly-elected Republican Governor Susana Martinez's executive order rescinding what she's referred to as that state's "sanctuary status," and ordering state police to inquire into the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Arizona Has Some of the Fattest Hispanics in the Country, According to New Study

    www.dailydemotivators.comChances are we'll be seeing this in some of Russell Pearce's campaign literature at some point in the near future.​Here's some new fuel we'll likely see added to the knuckle-dragging nativists' racist fire: Arizona is home to some of the fattest Hispanics in the country, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Russell Pearce's Colossal Canard: Hispanics Support SB 1070

    Surprise, surprise: Russell Pearce prevaricates yet againSometimes I wonder if state Senator Russell Pearce would know the truth if it bopped him upside his mutton head. Known for spewing bogus stats conflating crime with Mexican migration, he can't seem to help himself, no matter how bogus the fact ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2010

    Right-Wingers Lie on SB 1070, Claim (Falsely) That Majority of Hispanics Support It

    Sultans of falsehoods: Man, is Bill O'Reilly looking old these days, or what?The lefty Think Progress Web site has addressed an absurd, nativist shibboleth that I've heard kicking around the conservanut echo chamber lately: The lie that SB 1070, Arizona's new "papers please" legislation, is actually ... More >>

  • News

    October 8, 2009

    On White Power, and Avoiding Tap Water

    Sultans of falsehoods: Man, is Bill O'Reilly looking old these days, or what?The lefty Think Progress Web site has addressed an absurd, nativist shibboleth that I've heard kicking around the conservanut echo chamber lately: The lie that SB 1070, Arizona's new "papers please" legislation, is actually ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2009

    Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!

    Sultans of falsehoods: Man, is Bill O'Reilly looking old these days, or what?The lefty Think Progress Web site has addressed an absurd, nativist shibboleth that I've heard kicking around the conservanut echo chamber lately: The lie that SB 1070, Arizona's new "papers please" legislation, is actually ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2009

    Early Chicano Art Documentaries

    Sultans of falsehoods: Man, is Bill O'Reilly looking old these days, or what?The lefty Think Progress Web site has addressed an absurd, nativist shibboleth that I've heard kicking around the conservanut echo chamber lately: The lie that SB 1070, Arizona's new "papers please" legislation, is actually ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    Retro Active

    L.A. County curator brings ’60s Chicano movement into focus

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    944 Magazine Apologizes to Hispanics for Exec's Racist Comments

    944 says it really likes Hispanics now. No, honest... Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale's 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive P ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2009

    Phoenix’s Latino Rockabilly Set Turns the Beat Around

    944 says it really likes Hispanics now. No, honest... Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale's 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive P ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2008

    Your Mexican-American Reading List for the Holidays

    944 says it really likes Hispanics now. No, honest... Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale's 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Arpaio Struts into the Civic Center and Vows It's Not His Last Campaign

    944 says it really likes Hispanics now. No, honest... Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale's 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive P ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 14, 2008

    “The Mexican American Mirror” at Phoenix Museum of History traces Phoenix’s Latin roots

    944 says it really likes Hispanics now. No, honest... Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale's 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    ACLU, MALDEF lawsuit slams MCSO, demands relief from racial profiling.

    944 says it really likes Hispanics now. No, honest... Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale's 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    Hispanic News' Jon Garrido disses gays (including Gov. Janet Napolitano), claims "98% of Hispanics" think likewise.

    944 says it really likes Hispanics now. No, honest... Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale's 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive P ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 27, 2008

    Resurrecting gimmicky coverage aimed at Latinos is good for the bottom line, not for the residents of Brown Town

    944 says it really likes Hispanics now. No, honest... Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale's 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive P ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 31, 2008

    Our new columnist finds plenty to love about being brown. (Just don't call him Hispanic)

    944 says it really likes Hispanics now. No, honest... Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale's 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive P ... More >>

  • Music

    May 31, 2007

    Make Like Morrissey

    Passion show

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    What's Your Major?

    And other great pickup lines

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    Balls on the Tree

    Lies, avocados, and statistics

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Downtown Brown

    Barrio businesses are flourishing, but not in downtown Phoenix

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 18, 2003

    BEST RADICAL CHICANO CYBERPROPAGANDA

    Ladmo Park Chicano Chronicle

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Spiked

    The Spike is going to First Friday now that the true meaning of "monorchid" has been revealed

  • News

    August 28, 2003

    Vote For Me Or I'll Shoot This Dog

    Just Kidding. But Phoenix City Council candidate Jessica Florez is trying to soften her tough-girl image.

  • Culture

    May 8, 2003

    The Pursuit of Happiness

    Felix Pire's show at the Herberger is part of a local surge in Latino theater

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Ladmo's Bark

    Feisty Chicano e-zine seeks to bolster Latino activism

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Ghosts of Mars

    The movement that Phoenix's Chicano artists began 25 years ago is far from dead. But the gallery that was their headquarters soon will be.

  • Culture

    February 14, 2002

    Brown Out

    Teatro Bravo takes on show biz's dim view of Chicanos, among other things, in The Mission

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    Primary Colors

    A Phoenix City Council race is pitting Hispanic hopes against black history

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    War of the Words

    With big dollars at stake, rival newspapers duke it out to capture Valley's rapidly growing Hispanic market

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Man on the Verge

    Celebrated ASU playwright Guillermo Reyes -- who's Latino and gay -- gives thundering voice to the marginalized

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Critical Connection

    Language isn't the only thing getting lost in the translation as Hispanic patients struggle to communicate with English-speaking ER doctors

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Illegal Turn

    Drive to license undocumented immigrant motorists accelerates through Latino community

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Cesar Saludo

    Latino lawmakers' persistence pays dividends with designation of Chávez Day

  • Calendar

    March 25, 1999

    HIV League

    Latino lawmakers' persistence pays dividends with designation of Chávez Day

  • News

    November 17, 1994

    THE FREALITY OF THE "RIOT"

    Latino lawmakers' persistence pays dividends with designation of Chávez Day

  • News

    September 8, 1994

    SEPARATE BUT MAS QUE IGUAL

    NEARLY HALF OF ARIZONA'S HISPANIC CHILDREN DROP OUT OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. SOME PARENTS THINK THE SOLUTION IS HISPANIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

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